Clothes-hanger.



G. W. FOUKE. CLOTHES HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED 00T.8I 1912.

1,0?5,558, Patented 0012.14,1913.

WITNESSES: INVENTOR ATTORNEY COLUMBIA PLANOORAPH 120., WASHINGTON. D. c

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GEORGE W. FOUKE, OF SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA.

CLOTHES-HANGER.

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Application filed October 8, 1912.

[0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. FOUKE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sacramento, in the county of Sacramento and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a clothes hanger.

It is the object of this invention to provide a clothes line which is particularly adapted for use in courts, areas, and the like.

Another object is to provide a clothes line consisting of a continuous line mounted on pulleys and to provide means by which each run or lead of the line may be employed for hanging clothes; lines of this character being usually employed in such places where access is had to but one end thereof. The ordinary lines of this type preclude the hanging of clothes on each lead of the line for the reason that the upper lead travels around the supporting pulleys as the clothes are hung on the lower lead, permitting only one lead of the line being utilized. By the use of this invention the full length of each lead of the line may be employed.

The invention primarily resides in a continuous line supported at each end on pulleys, a series of clothes hangers mounted on the lower lead of the line, a spring catch surrounding the lower lead of the line adjacent one of the pulleys, means carried by one of the clothes hangers engageable by the catch, and means on the line for throwing the hanger in and out of engagement with the catch.

The invention further consists of the parts and the construction and combination of parts as hereinafter more fully described and claimed, having reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the invention showing the parts in the position when beginning to fill the lower lead. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the lower lead filled, with the parts in the position when beginning to fill the upper lead. Fig. 3 is an end elevation of one of the clothes hangers. Fig. 4: is an enlarged detail section and elevation on the line X-X of Fig. 2.

In the drawings A and B represent the upper and lower leads of the line, and 22 are the pulleys around which the line is passed; the pulleys 2-2 being mounted on any suitable support indicated at 3. Loosely mounted on the lower lead B of the line are Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Get. 14:, 1913.

Serial No. 724,629.

a number of clothes hangers, each of which consists of a wheel or roller 4, adapted to travel on the line B, and having a hanger 5 mounted thereon which extends below the lower lead B of the line and carries a pair of hook members 6 so constructed as to clamp and rigidly hold garments placed therein. The outermost hanger 5 is provided with horizontal brackets 7, which carry a disk 8, being perforated at its center and surrounding the lower lead B of the line.

Mounted on the brackets supporting the pulley 2 is a pair of peculiarly shaped spring jaws 9, which extend outwardly adj acent the lower lead B of the line, as shown in Fig. 4. The outer ends of the spring jaws 9 turn outwardly and extend through guide slots 10 formed in a conical shaped casing 11 mounted on the brackets support ing the pulley 2.

The spring jaws 9 are bent abruptly at 14 to form shoulders adjacent the lead B of the line, which are adapted to engage the disk 8, as will be later described; the spring jaws 9 converging toward the line B rearward of the shoulders 12 to a point adjacent the line, as indicated at 13.

In the operation of the invention, when, it is desired to hang the clothes on the lower lead B of the line, one corner of the garment is engaged by the hook member 6 on the outermost hanger, whereupon the line is advanced in the direction of the arrow at, Fig. 1. A button 14: rigidly mounted on the line B engages the inner side of the disk 8 as shown in Fig. 1, so as to cause the latter to advance with the lower lead of the line. The other end of the garment is then attached to a hook 6 on the succeeding hanger and the line again advanced; a garment being attached to the other hook 6 on this hanger. This operation is repeated until the full length of the lower lead B of the line is filled, as shown in Fig. 2, whereupon the innermost hanger 5 is secured to a rigid support by means of a hook 15, or any other suitable means; the disk 8 being previously passed between the spring jaws 9 and engaged by the shoulders 12 thereon, as shown in Fig. 4. Clothing may then be hung on the upper lead A of the line adjacent the pulley 2, and the line moved in the direction of the arrow 6, in which direction it is free to move without disturbing the clothes hanging on the lower lead B, by reason of the button 14L moving away from the disk 8. The upper lead A of the line may thus be filled in the usual manner, the ordinary clothes pins being employed for attaching the clothes to this section of the line, thereby enabling the use of each lead of the line.

When it is desired to remove the clothes from the line the operation is reversed; the upper lead A of the line being moved in the direction opposite the arrow 5, in Fig. 2, when removing the clothes therefrom. Then the upper lead A of the line has been cleared, it is then moved in the direction of the arrow 6, in Fig. 2, sutliciently far to bring the button 14 on the opposite side of the disk 8 so that it will pass between the portion 13 of the jaw members 9 as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 4, thereby separating the jaw members and causing them to release the disk 8. A continued pull of the line will then cause the button 14 to engage an extension 16 carried on the rear face of the disk 8, in such manner as to advance the latter in a forward direction, thus bringing out the outermost hanger 5 back to its normal position; theclcthes being removed from the hangers as they are brought successively near the pulley 2.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A clothes hanger consisting of an endless line, pulleys around which the line passes, a series of hangers on the line, a catch adjacent one of the pulleys, means on one of the hangers for engagement by the catch, and means on the line for throwing the hanger in and out of engagement with the catch.

2. The combination in a clothes hanger of an endless line, spaced pulleys on which the line is carried, spring jaws adjacent one of the pulleys, a series of traveling hangers on the line one of which is adapted to be engaged by the jaws, means for connecting clothes to the hangers to suspend them on one lead of the line, and means on the line for throwing the hanger in and out of engagement with the jaws.

3. In a clothes line and hanger, a pair of spaced pulleys, an endless line carried thereon, a series of loose pulleys on the lower lead of the line, means for suspending clothes from said loose pulleys by which adjacent pulleys will be connected, means for automatically engaging the outermost loose pulley to hold it against movement, and means on the line for releasing said pulley.

4. In a clothes line and hanger, a pair of spaced pulleys, an endless line carried thereon, a series of loose pulleys on the lower lead of the line, means for suspending clothes from said loose pulleys by which adjacent pulleys will be connected, a disk carried by the outermost loose pulley, means for automatically engaging the disk to hold the outermost pulley against movement, and means on the line for moving the disk into its engaged position and for releasing ittherefrom.

ln testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE W. FOUKE.

Witnesses JOHN H. HERRING, W. N. HEALEY.

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